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Photo of the Day - July 2021
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That could be......although there are no trees immediately adjacent to my deck there are plenty of them in the nearby common grounds area or of course in other places in the community such as in the rafters or eaves of some of our buildings where the swallows could have a nest (a couple of nests?) and/or fledglings...... Whatever was going on the four of them were really letting this crow know that they didn't like him or whatever he had been doing!
Sounds to me like you might have an opportunity to get some baby photos coming up. Just know they might buzz after you, too.
Sounds to me like you might have an opportunity to get some baby photos coming up. Just know they might buzz after you, too.
I'll keep my eyes open but unless I go wandering around in the common grounds area or peering into various nooks and crannies in my building and the one next door, I might not have much luck. Actually, the HOA informed us recently that there will be some work done in the common grounds area involving digging up some of the ground and putting in a better drainage system, etc., so while that is going on I don't think we'll be able to casually and freely walk around in there. I hope that the birdies and the squirrels, everybody who has set up housekeeping in that area, is able to escape and to find a safe place to hang out in the meantime.
Yeah, those darned swallows don't hesitate to dive-bomb humans. I've had that happen in the past -- not this year or last, but a while ago, and it was really annoying trying to walk on the boardwalk and have these guys zooming in-and-out and making it clear that humans weren't welcome, that this was THEIR territory!!! That hasn't happened recently to me but I wouldn't be surprised if others have experienced it this summer.
Toys
Slide Scan - Nikon F Photomic - 50mm. Kindle & Graham, Mission St, San Francisco - circa 1980s
Slide Scan - Nikon F Photomic - 50mm. Kindle & Graham, Mission St, San Francisco - circa 1980s
That looks straight out of 1972.Toys
Slide Scan - Nikon F Photomic - 50mm. Kindle & Graham, Mission St, San Francisco - circa 1980s
The digitizer color corrected and I did a quick highlight, shadow, white and black points in lightroom. Otherwise the color is spot on from the slide. These slides have been in dark storage for decades. I believe at the time I was using Fujichrome. The local lab in San Francisco could develope overnight; - Kodachrome had to be sent to Kodak.
The color saturation was the reason I shot with slide film - color negative film did not have the contrast I was looking for. When I shot with a Leica R4s and 50mm Leitz lens the colors were so contrasty.
I pulled the slides - and that image was processed at Ziba Color Lab, San Francisco - so it would be Fujichrome.
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Backlit w fillflash (again)
Been out filming instead of "shooting" it's fun, but takes it's toll doing everything alone. It took me 14h straight to film approx. 7 minutes of material. Carrying around, wasn't able to get all equipment with me so it became three "rounds" home and back to town. Then i got the Zoom H6 microphone and went out a last time to get some ambient sounds (but actually didn't use that much of that, I composed a somewhat improvised tune instead.)
I'll link to the YT vid below my image and hope that it wont break any rule(s).
And the vid:
Been out filming instead of "shooting" it's fun, but takes it's toll doing everything alone. It took me 14h straight to film approx. 7 minutes of material. Carrying around, wasn't able to get all equipment with me so it became three "rounds" home and back to town. Then i got the Zoom H6 microphone and went out a last time to get some ambient sounds (but actually didn't use that much of that, I composed a somewhat improvised tune instead.)
I'll link to the YT vid below my image and hope that it wont break any rule(s).
And the vid:
The YouTube vid looked like a lot of work - haunting music with a beat
Went on a long bicycle ride this past Sunday from the Swiss town of Nyon to the town of Lausanne (actually Ouchy which is on the Leman lake and where the Olympic Museum is lcoated). About 40 kilometres but we stopped quite a few times for picnics and to take in the scenery. Saw a very unusual sight at Saint Suplice on the way:
Yes a black swan and an unusual boat that resembles a junk.
Yes a black swan and an unusual boat that resembles a junk.
Yes it was a bit exhausting
The somewhat strange 1080x1920, and not the other way around, is that the vid is only intended/created for IGTV. But I thought I'd share it anyhow.
Got my X100V so went out into the garden to take a few snaps.
So this is Bambi Goodears. She has a cousin Bambi Raggedear whom we first spotted on our front porch probably the day he was born. Anyways learned something about fawns because of these two. Until they are strong enough to keep up with mom, she deposits them in a safe place during the day while she eats and the fawn mostly sleeps. She comes back at night and nurses the fawn. Next day she deposits it somewhere else. Anyways the fawn was here all day Tuesday, but no photo ops. Must be at least partially weaned as Mom did not come back for her that night and Bambi was still here yesterday morning posing for this through the window shot. Shortly after that mom came by and collected her baby.
Kodak Z915 camera.
Kodak Z915 camera.
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Canadian wildfires hazing the sun setting with a smoky orangish aftermath.
